Crop diseases and pests

Controlling plant pests

Plant diseases and pests can ruin your crops. Learn what you can do to prevent damage.

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Plant Diagnostic Clinic

Identifies and provides management solutions for insects, diseases and weeds.

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Building It From the Ground Up Farming

Event date: Feb. 6, 2023 - March 20, 2023

Buffalo, MO

This program is designed to address the needs of landowners looking to improve their property as well as their outputs and profitability over the long run of the operation. Realizing finances may be limited and/or restricted we will be working with ...

Private Pesticide Applicator Training - Lincoln County

Event date: Feb. 6, 2023

Event time: | 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Troy, MO

Initial training and recertification of private pesticide applicators. Training in methods of safe and proper use of agricultural pesticides on farmland. The private pesticide applicator license issued by the Missouri Dept of Agriculture is required ...

Private Pesticide Applicator Training (PAT) and Ag Update - Gentry County

Event date: Feb. 7, 2023

Event time: | 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Albany, MO

The private pesticide applicator license issued by the Missouri Dept of Agriculture is required for producers wanting to purchase and apply restricted use pesticides. Agricultural producers needing to obtain or renew certification of this license ...

Private Pesticide Applicator Training - Saline County - Afternoon

Event date: Feb. 7, 2023

Event time: | 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Marshall, MO

Initial training and recertification of private pesticide applicators. Training in methods of safe and proper use of agricultural pesticides on farmland.The private pesticide applicator license issued by the Missouri Dept of Agriculture is required ...

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Pesticide applicator training begins in January

Published: Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension offers training for commercial pesticide applicators January-March 2023.The online training certifies licensed commercial pesticide applicators. Commercial licenses are valid for three years.MU ...

MU celebrates history and future of integrated pest management

Published: Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – As University of Missouri Extension researchers celebrate the 50th anniversary of integrated pest management, they reflect on the past, present and future of IPM.The University of Missouri IPM program began in the mid-1970s with a ...

Sample fields for SCN after soybean harvest

Published: Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Right after soybean harvest is the time to test fields for soybean cyst nematode (SCN), the No. 1 pathogen of soybean in the United States.Sampling in soybean stubble in 2022 can help with 2023 planting decisions, says Mandy Bish, ...

Blister beetles reported in high numbers

Published: Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Farmers, livestock owners and gardeners across the state report that blister beetles are appearing in large numbers this summer, says Pat Miller, University of Missouri Extension agronomy specialist. Blister beetles produce a toxin ...

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Pecan Pest Management: Insects and Diseases

Publication date: Oct. 26, 2022

Pecans have been grown for commercial production in Missouri for more than 75 years. Approximately 12,000 acres of pecans are managed commercially in three areas of the state: southwest, southeast lowlands and central Missouri. More than 90 percent ...

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